Good plays excellent as Lancers trounce Buccaneers

Sunday

So the Worcester State College senior gunslinger did what any smart, third-year starting quarterback would do; he went back to the drawing board.

“I’d been having trouble with my reads the first couple of games this season, so I put in a lot of chalk work this week with passing coach (Devin) Gates,” said Good, whose team had opened the season with three straight tough losses, including an overtime contest with Curry. “I really wanted to know where everybody was going to be on the field and today it worked out well.”

Very well, as Good (10 of 16) threw for 324 yards and a pair of touchdowns, pacing the Lancers to a 42-7 victory over visiting Mass. Maritime at John F. Coughlin Field yesterday.

Both teams entered the New England Football Conference Bogan Division game in search of their first win, and it appeared early that the Buccaneers (0-4, 0-1) had arrived ready, evidenced by quarterback Nick Montalto’s touchdown in the game’s opening series.

The Lancers (1-3, 1-0) didn’t let it happen again, though, and watched as Good hit Jason Patterson along the right sideline with a pretty, 62-yard touchdown pass on their first offensive play. Kicker Patrick Skelton booted his first of six extra points on the day, and Good and the Lancers were in business.

“Definitely,” Good said when asked about if it was important to nail down the first conference game. “Coming in at 0-3 I was trying to keep the guys up and this was a great way to do it. Jason is a fast guy and I tried not to throw it out too far ahead of him. He was able to beat his guy and make a great catch.”

Good torched the Bucs for 211 yards in the first half, including completing two consecutive passes of 30 and 28 yards on the Lancers’ second possession — an impressive 13-play march from their own 7 that was capped by Fitchburg product Will Earley’s first of two 2-yard touchdowns on the day.

Worcester State’s defense — led by former Wachusett stars Tyler Russell and Andrew Tokarz combining for 11 tackles, and Tokarz breaking up three passes — forced the Bucs to go three-and-out on their next three possessions, the second leading to a quick strike by the Lancers.

Good’s 38-yard strike to junior wideout David Salvi keyed the six-play, 34-yard drive that — thanks to great blocking by Leominster’s Kyle Salisbury — ended with Earley (16 carries for 69 yards) scoring his second TD as WSC took a 21-7 lead into the half.

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